Ixobrychus cinnamomeus (cinnamon bittern, chestnut bittern)

Query: bittern

Result: 9^th of 193

Subject:	Ixobrychus cinnamomeus (cinnamon bittern, chestnut bittern)
Poster:	Wiki Photos (---@---.---)

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Chestnut Bittern (Ixobrychus cinnamomeus)
Date before 1808
Author Elizabeth Gwillim
Source https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elizabeth_Gwillim_-_Chestnut_Bittern.jpg

The cinnamon bittern (Ixobrychus cinnamomeus) or chestnut bittern is a small Old World bittern, breeding in tropical and subtropical Asia from India east to China and Indonesia. It is mainly resident, but some northern birds migrate short distances. The cinnamon bitterns breed in reed beds, nesting on platforms of reeds in shrubs. Four to six eggs are laid.

Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Ixobrychus
Species: Ixobrychus cinnamomeus (Gmelin, 1789)

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